Florida Senate - 2018 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1012
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
02/08/2018 .
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Economic Development (Passidomo) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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6 Section 1. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 338.155,
7 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
8 338.155 Payment of toll on toll facilities required;
9 exemptions.—
10 (1)(a) A person may not use aany toll facility without
11 payment of tolls, except:
12 1.An employeeEmployees of the agency operating the toll
13 project when using the toll facility on official state
14 business.,
15 2. State military personnel while on official military
16 business.,
17 3.A person with a disabilityHandicapped persons as
18 provided in subsection (3).this section,
19 4.A personPersons exempt from toll payment by the
20 authorizing resolution for bonds issued to finance the
21 facility., and
22 5.A personPersons exempt on a temporary basis where use
23 of such toll facility is required as a detour route.
24 6.AAny law enforcement officer whileoperating a marked
25 official vehicle is exempt from toll payment when on official
26 law enforcement business. For purposes of this subparagraph, the
27 term “official law enforcement business” includes, but is not
28 limited to, patrol operations, investigative activities, crime
29 prevention operations, and traffic operations.
30 7.AAny person operating a fire vehicle whilewhen on
31 official business or a rescue vehicle whilewhen on official
32 business is exempt from toll payment.
33 8.AAny person participating in the funeral procession of
34 a law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of
35 duty is exempt from toll payment.
36 (b) The secretary or the secretary’s designee may suspend
37 the payment of tolls on a toll facility when necessary to assist
38 in emergency evacuation.
39 (c) The failure to pay a prescribed toll constitutes a
40 noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation
41 as provided in s. 318.18. The department may adopt rules
42 relating to the payment, collection, and enforcement of tolls,
43 as authorized in this chapter and chapters 316, 318, 320, and
44 322, including, but not limited to, rules for the implementation
45 of video or other image billing and variable pricing.
46 (d) With respect to toll facilities managed by the
47 department, the revenues of which are not pledged to repayment
48 of bonds, the department may by rule allow the use of such
49 facilities by public transit vehicles or by vehicles
50 participating in a funeral procession for an active-duty
51 military service member without the payment of tolls.
52 (3) AAny handicapped person with a disability who has a
53 valid driver license, who operates a vehicle specially equipped
54 for use by persons with disabilitiesthe handicapped, and who is
55 certified by a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter
56 459 or by comparable licensing in another state or by the
57 Adjudication Office of the United States Department of Veterans
58 Affairs or its predecessor as being severely physically disabled
59 and having permanent upper limb mobility or dexterity
60 impairments thatwhich substantially impair the person’s ability
61 to deposit coins in toll baskets, shall be allowed to pass free
62 through all tollgates and over all toll bridges and ferries in
63 this state. SuchA person who meets the requirements of this
64 subsection shall, upon application, be issued a vehicle window
65 sticker by the Department of Transportation.
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68 And the title is amended as follows:
69 Delete line 2
70 and insert:
71 An act relating to tolls; amending s. 338.155, F.S.;
72 updating terms; exempting a law enforcement officer
73 from paying a toll on a toll facility while on
74 official law enforcement business; defining the term
75 “official law enforcement business”; making technical
76 changes;